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Abid Hussain

Pakistan asks former PM Khan to delay sit-in citing attack threat

Imran Khan's supporters condemn the attack on him in November [Akhtar Soomro/ Reuters]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s interior minister has asked former Prime Minister Imran Khan to postpone a planned sit-in in Rawalpindi on Saturday, citing the threat of attacks.

“My advice to Imran Khan is to postpone the gathering as our intelligence agencies have informed us that any armed individual or armed groups may try to exploit the situation and target the crowd,” Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said at a news conference on Friday.

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